Burglars hit Sand Hill primary school

It was a sad day for the students and teachers at the Pancotto Primary School in the Village of Sandhill today.  The school’s office was broken into and items of sentimental value were stolen.  Ana Reyes, the principal of Pancotto Primary School told Love News what happened.  Reyes says the school has been broken into [...]

Woman remanded to prison for stabbing another

Thirty four year old Hilda Kelly, a mother of seven who allegedly stabbed Shirley Leslie was charged with attempted murder when she appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court today. Kelly was also charged with dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm.  No plea was taken from her because the offences are indictable.  [...]

Two men injured in overnight shooting incident

Two men were injured in a shooting incident last night in Belize City.  Police say just after seven o’clock last night they went to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where they saw 38-year-old Reynard Grinage suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the right hand.  Police say they went to Belize Medical Associated where they [...]

Woman jailed for trafficking in persons

Forty-one year old Yolanda Garcia, a naturalized Belizean originally from Honduras, who is the owner of La Sirenita Bar located on Regent Street West, was sentenced to twelve months today by Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith after she was found guilty of trafficking in persons.  The incident occurred between June 29 and July 6, 2010.  [...]

Shooting in Santa Elena town leaves teen hospitalized

A teenage boy is recuperating from a gunshot wound that he suffered on Wednesday night in Santa Elena Town.  Sixteen year old Jamin Sharshante was shot in the back at around seven thirty on Wednesday night on Carmen Street in Santa Elena town.  Police say that when they went to the scene, they found Sharshante [...]

Gay rights activist physically attacked

Gay rights activist Caleb Orozco was this afternoon physically assaulted on Belize City south side.  Orozco told Love News that he was going about his own business when he was accosted and assaulted, leaving him with two broken tooth. Orozco suffered two broken tooth as a result of the attack.  And even though he had [...]

Belmopan man accused of carnal knowledge

A man from the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan is in police custody after it is alleged that he sexually assaulted a thirteen year old girl.  The details are sketchy at this time, but Love News understands that the teenage girl is claiming that the man, whose name has not been release by the police, [...]

Elderly woman robbed at gunpoint

Another sick attack on an elderly woman has been reported, this time in Belize City. The victim, Neri Acevedo, 74 was accosted by a teenager on a bicycle as she walked on New Road. The thug, reportedly used a silver handgun to relieve the woman of her sling bag containing her house keys, medication and [...]

Home invasion in Libertad village

An elderly citizen in Libertad Village, Corozal was viciously attacked and robbed at her home.  [VO starts here]. But what’s worse is that her attackers set her house on fire before leaving.  Sixty-four year old Petrona Leal was choked and assaulted when three Hispanic men invaded the woman’s home over the course of Monday night [...]

A Belize City teenager was shot and killed last night in the old capital.  Reporter marion Ali and cameraman Myles Gillett bring you the following story.

Visitors charged for violating visa conditions

Four persons including a Belizean were arrested and charged jointly this morning for  failure to comply with the conditions of an employment permit. According to reliable sources, the immigration headquarters in Belize City had despatched an officer to San Pedro Town to carry out an investigation on four persons in question. Love News understands that [...]

Still no clues in the murder of Mark Lewis

Police investigation of Thursday afternoon’s broad daylight murder of thirty eight year old Mark Lewis continues.  A motive for the killing and has yet been identified and the killer remains at large.  According to police reports, Lewis was shot close to a dozen times as he sat inside a parked van at the parking lot [...]

Fabers Road man gunned down on the city’s north side

Murder has once again cast it’s malignant hand upon the community as the peace and quiet of West Landivar were shattered around three thirty this afternoon.  The mid-afternoon shooting incident that claimed the life of Faber’s Road resident Mark Lewis happened just a stone’s s throw away from Belize Healthcare Partners hospital. Witnesses in the [...]

Tour Guide charged for attempting to kill a policeman

Thirty three year old tour guide Justin Lopez who allegedly bit police constable Alfonso Aban on his finger, was charged with aggravated assault when he appeared today in the number one Magistrate’s Court.  Lopez pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was offered a bail of one thousand dollars and his case was adjourned until [...]

Hotel manager guilty of firearms charges

38-year-old Thomas Shaw, the manager of Maya Mopan Hotel, located on Regent Street was found guilty of two counts of kept firearm without a gun licence and kept ammunition without a gun licence and kept ammunition without a gun licence at the conclusion of his trial today.  Shaw was not given a custodial sentence by [...]

Suspicious acivities with gun licenses at Belmopan police station

Tonight the Belmopan police is seeing an audit of its gun license permits to see just how grave the situation is since a discovery was made over the past weekend.  Love News has been made to understand from reliable sources that tonight a police constable is in the custody of his peers pending the outcome [...]

On-duty policeman charged for crime of extortion

Police Constable Amir Moh a resident of Orange Walk Town was charged with extortion when he appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Moh pleaded not guilty to the charge. Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith offered him a bail of $1,000 and adjourned the case until February 23. The incident occurred on Thursday [...]

Policeman busted extorting money from motorist

A police officer has been busted on suspicion of the crime of extortion.  The officer, identified as Constable 1124 Amir Moh, was on duty at the check point at miles three and a half on the Western Highway when he tried to extort money from a motorist.  He story, as reported by the police is [...]

Corozal man accused of fondly pre-teen girl

A 71 year old man will of Libertad Village in the Corozal District will appear in Corozal Magistrates Court tomorrow to answer to charges of aggravated assault.  The man is accused of fondling an 11 year old minor. Love news understands that the 11 year old reported to Corozal Police that she went to the [...]

Corozal woman kidnapped; returns safely to her family

A woman was kidnapped early this morning in rural Corozal.  Arturo Cantun from our sister station Estereo Amor has the details in the following report.